Established in 2015, Apricot Tree International Documentary Film Festival is annual event that throughout its editions has been implemented in various villages in Armenia by Filmadaran Film Culture Development NGO. With a diverse international program, consisting of around 35-40 feature-length and short films, the festival screens documentaries of all genres be they ethnographic, animated, anthropological, experimental, hybrids etc. It is the only festival of its kind in the region and one of the few rural film festivals in the world, where participants live for a week and share meals with villagers, directly getting to know each other's worldviews. Event page

One of MovieMaker’s 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, alongside SXSW, Slamdance, Telluride, and Clermont-Ferrand, The Walla Walla Movie Crush showcases America's most intoxicating blend of short cinema, from vintage filmmakers as well as fresh upstarts. Event page

Made Here Film Festival is a regional festival for filmmakers residing in New England and Québec. MHFF is New England’s only competitive festival dedicated entirely to films made by creatives based in our region. Made Here Film Festival takes place at Burlington Beer Company in an historic building constructed in 1903 as the North American factory of Auguste and Louis Lumière, the film pioneers often credited with the invention of motion pictures and the first cinematic presentations. Event page

The Green Mountain Film Festival is a non-competitive festival that showcases narrative, documentary, and experimental features and shorts from all over the world. Nestled in the hills of Montpelier, Vermont, the GMFF is both a warm community to celebrate the best of world cinema and a home for young filmmakers and new ideas. Event page

The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers and industry. The festival draws an audience of 20,000 and film entries from every corner of the globe to a uniquely intimate mountain town setting. Event page